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Post by psychokiller on Feb 15, 2013 22:30:59 GMT -5
Which movies do you feel could have been edited down to make a better movie?
The Dark Knight Rises (The first hour is pretty great, but some of the middle drags out. Every time I've seen this movie, I feel it could have been shorter by 20 minutes.)
Hollywood Homicide (Should have got rid of the sub-plots with the two detectives second jobs. Some of it dragged out, when I think the movie would have been much quicker paced and better if they just focused on their murder investigation.)
Zero Dark Thirty (Definitely too long and dragged out. Overrated movie in my opinion.)
Inglourious Basterds (I still think this movie should have just focused on the Basterds group entirely. I couldn't stand the theater owners' side of the story. If they took it out, I would have liked it so much more. I like all of Tarantinos' other movies except for this one.)
Miami Vice (If it was under 2 hours, it would have been better received I think. I still enjoyed it though, but not as much as I could have.)
Funny People (Way too long for a comedy. I like it, but this movie could have easily been under 2 hours long.)
Zodiac (Drags out at times to me.)
Django Unchained (Felt it could have ended 20 minutes earlier than it did.)
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Feb 15, 2013 22:42:07 GMT -5
Modern Times Forever.
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Post by kidglov3s on Feb 15, 2013 22:44:58 GMT -5
Heaven's Gate. I like a lot of things about the movie, especially its look thanks to the genius of Vilmos Zsigmond, but the narrative really didn't support the length of the movie. I have recently got in the French DVD of the 2 and a half hours general release version, edited by Michael Cimino after the reviews for the premiere screenings. I've read a lot of stuff dismissing the short version but it's always so flippant, I'm hoping it emerges with it's own virtues. There's just no support for this movie being four hours long.
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Post by chazraps on Feb 15, 2013 22:45:58 GMT -5
I don't want to go into their specific names because taking a shot at such a small time work seems kind of unnecessarily cruel, but there's so many wonderful 45 minute long PBS music documentaries that are marred by being 90 minute long PBS music documentaries. It's like, they get a fascinating subject going through an intriguing development, but then they pad it by interviewing people and events that are wholly tangential and unimportant to the actually interesting point and just kill whatever desire I have to keep watching.
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Post by BRV on Feb 15, 2013 22:46:01 GMT -5
Thank you for saying "Funny People". For an alleged comedy, it was one of the few movies that had me desperately looking at my cell phone wondering "When the hell is this movie going to end? I feel like I walked in this cinema eight hours ago!"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2013 22:48:30 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever complained about a good movie being too long. I've always said a good long film always feels short and a good short film feels long.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Feb 15, 2013 22:50:13 GMT -5
Begins and ends with the first Incredible Hulk movie.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2013 22:58:05 GMT -5
Haven't seen Return of the King so I can't speak for it, but the other two Lord of the Rings movies could be half the length and you would lose absolutely nothing.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 15, 2013 22:58:33 GMT -5
Watchmen.
You wait over two hours for something to happen. Something finally happens and then the film ends.
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Post by VKMTV on Feb 15, 2013 23:02:01 GMT -5
Anything Judd Apatow needs major edit downs.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Feb 15, 2013 23:05:27 GMT -5
Came here to say Funny People.
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Post by mizerable on Feb 15, 2013 23:14:34 GMT -5
Anything Judd Apatow needs major edit downs. No doubt. I just watched Bridesmaids, and on top of not being funny, it had to be one of the most dragged out movies in recent times. I have no love for Apatow and if I believe there are plenty of much more talented writers and producers out there. The fact that every one of his movies closes in on a 2 hour mark just irks me. I'll add Michael Cimino to the list, there's a reason why he fell from grace after The Deer Hunter (which I contend is lacking in the editing). I actually watched the 4 or 5 hour cut of Greed, and it's pretty obvious that that could have been scaled down. Anyone who says Stroheim's vision was destroyed by the studio is talking out of their ass. No movie deserves to be 8 hours or more. There's plenty of others, but I'll leave it at that. |
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Post by mjolnir on Feb 15, 2013 23:15:24 GMT -5
A.I.
Before there was Return of the King's ending, there was A.I.'s.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 15, 2013 23:18:41 GMT -5
Haven't seen Return of the King so I can't speak for it, but the other two Lord of the Rings movies could be half the length and you would lose absolutely nothing. For my money, they weren't long enough. I could have happily sat through at least another hour per film. The Hobbit, on the other hand, had a lot of padding that could have been trimmed. |
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Feb 15, 2013 23:26:48 GMT -5
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (American) haven't seen the Swedish film but holy crap is this film padded out to its max. Cut out an hour and you lose nothing.
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Post by Yami Daimao on Feb 15, 2013 23:27:21 GMT -5
I kept fidgeting in my seat during The Dark Knight Rises because I felt like I was sitting there for 5 hours straight. Great movie and everything, but jeez, the pacing was tiresome. I didn't feel that way during The Dark Knight.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 15, 2013 23:27:41 GMT -5
Didn't we just have this thread a few months ago? Oh well -
Transformers 3 - yes, it did have other, more fundamental, flaws, but editing out a good 45 minutes of Sam and his army buddies just trudging through Chicago while stuff explodes around them might've given us something watchable.
Peter Jackson's King Kong - very good movie, a critical succes I know, but man is it long. You could've easily edited a good hour out of it and not lost anything that would've effected the main story. I don't care how well told and acted they are, random crewmen on the SS Venture don't need their own subplots.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 15, 2013 23:43:07 GMT -5
Totally agree with you on Zero Dark Thirty, but I just hated that movie in general.
Also, I've heard a lot of people that think Funny People was too long. I'm not sure if I entirely agree as there is not much that I really disliked in the film. Maybe it could have been split into two movies though?
As for my contribution to the thread I'll say "This is 40" felt agonizingly long. If it was cut down to 90 minutes it still wouldn't be a good movie, but it would be an improvement.
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Post by britishbulldog on Feb 16, 2013 0:09:31 GMT -5
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (American) haven't seen the Swedish film but holy crap is this film padded out to its max. Cut out an hour and you lose nothing. Probably because I read the book before I saw the film, I thought the movie was rushed as hell. For me they could have added another hour and slowed the pace a little and it would have told a much better story. |
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Post by Talent Name on Feb 16, 2013 0:15:54 GMT -5
Avatar. way too long for me
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